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Unfairness is not accepted!
The Court of Appeal ruled that the failure to raise a point at a hearing amounts to procedural unfairness.
Facts:
Dahir and Ubah are brother and sister and aged 21 and 22...
Unnecessary delay could result in the impossibility of being granted care at home
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This case related to the withdrawal of life-sustaining invasive treatment in respect to an eight-month-old baby, Indi, who was born with an incurable mitochondrial disease. By two earlier...
Your divorce will still be valid if you are dishonest
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The couple, Ms Monisha Mahtani and Mr. Vivek Hariram Mahtani married in March 2003. She is British and he is Indonesian. They have two children. The husband comes from a...
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched
Disregard for court process could cost you a fortune.
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This is one of the judgements in the legal sage involving children litigation, jurisdiction and financial remedy. The most well-known is...
A poor attitude in court can cost a lot of money
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The parties were married in 1986 and had no children. The wife is American while the former husband is English. The husband is wheelchair-bound. The couple disagreed as to when...
Testamentary capacity
The Interaction between Common Law and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
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The deceased died aged 91 in 2020. In his will, he named one of his children as executor while disinheriting...
A mother was ordered to stay away from her children
Facts found in a parental alienation saga.
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This case relates to fact-finding in long-running child arrangements proceedings, concerning serious allegations by the father against the mother...
Financial provision claims cannot survive the death of a spouse
The Supreme Court ruled that financial provision claim proceedings under the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 cannot proceed if a party dies.
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Ms. Hasan and Mr. Ul-Hasan married in...
Grandparent not allowed to see your grandchild(or not seeing as much as you would like)?
It can be really painful not seeing a grandchild.We have just helped a Jamaican Gran see her grandson on a Pro Bono basis. We battled through remote hearings in Covid...
Property Disputes Between Cohabiting Couples
Information, advice, rights, agreements, declarations and more Generally, most cohabitation disputes arise when unmarried couples who have been living together reach the end of their relationship, and the time comes...
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